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Usage

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This is a template for old-time American football rosters, with the seven major positions in use from roughly the 1930s to the 1960s. For a roster template with modern positions, see Template:NFL roster. Keep in mind that the variable names are case-sensitive.

Parameters

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{{Old-time American football roster
|TeamName=
|Year=
|TeamColor=
|Backs=
|Quarterbacks=
|Halfbacks=
|Fullbacks=
|Ends=
|Guards=
|Tackles=
|Centers=
|Reserves=
|Head Coach=
|Assistants=
|Active=
|Inactive=
|Rookies=
|League=
}}

What the parameters do

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{{Old-time American football roster
|TeamName = Name of the team. This will appear at the top of the roster box.
|Year = The year (optional). This will appear before the team's name at the top of the roster box, if a year is specified. 
|TeamColor = optional; to be used only when the team has multiple color schemes defined in {{tl|NFLPrimaryStyle}}.
|Quarterbacks = A bulleted list of the team's quarterbacks should appear under this heading, in the following format: (optional)
* <nowiki>[[Joe Namath]]
* [[Joe Montana]]</nowiki>
|Halfbacks = Same as above (optional).
|Fullbacks = Same as above (optional).
|Backs = Same as above (optional).
|Ends = Same as above.
|Guards = Same as above.
|Tackles = Same as above.
|Centers= Same as above.
|Reserves = Same as above (optional).
|Head Coach = Name of the head coach (optional).
|Assistants = Names of assistant coaches (optional).
|Active = Number of active players (optional).
|Inactive = Number of inactive players (optional).
|Rookies = Number of rookies (optional).
|League = If set, this parameter adds a navbox at the bottom of the roster with wikilinks to the other teams in the league. Current options are "AAFC" for [[All-America Football Conference]] teams and "NFL1950" for 1950 NFL teams.
}}

Example

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{{Old-time American football roster
|TeamName=Cleveland Browns
|Active=33
|Inactive=0
|Rookies=7
|Year=1950
|League=NFL1950
|Quarterbacks=
* {{NFLplayer|60|Otto Graham}}
* {{NFLplayer|62|Cliff Lewis|d=quarterback}}
|Halfbacks=
* {{NFLplayer|90|Rex Bumgardner}}
* {{NFLplayer|84|Ken Carpenter|d=American football|rookie=y}}
* {{NFLplayer|85|Ken Gorgal|rookie=y}}
* {{NFLplayer|82|Tommy James|d=American football}}
* {{NFLplayer|86|Dub Jones|d=American football}}
* {{NFLplayer|80|Warren Lahr}}
* {{NFLplayer|92|Dom Moselle|rookie=y}}
* {{NFLplayer|94|Don Phelps|rookie=y}}
|Ends=
* {{NFLplayer|53|Len Ford}}
* {{NFLplayer|59|Horace Gillom}}
* {{NFLplayer|56|Dante Lavelli}}
* {{NFLplayer|50|Jim Martin|d=American football|rookie=y}}
* {{NFLplayer|58|Mac Speedie}}
* {{NFLplayer|52|George Young|d=American football player}}
|Guards=
* {{NFLplayer|35|Alex Agase}}
* {{NFLplayer|34|Abe Gibron}}
* {{NFLplayer|32|Lin Houston}}
* {{NFLplayer|38|Weldon Humble}}
* {{NFLplayer|36|Tommy Thompson|d=linebacker}}
* {{NFLplayer|30|Bill Willis}}
|Centers=
* {{NFLplayer|22|Frank Gatski}}
* {{NFLplayer|20|Hal Herring}}
|Tackles=
* {{NFLplayer|48|Chubby Grigg}}
* {{NFLplayer|46|Lou Groza}}
* {{NFLplayer|45|John Kissell}}
* {{NFLplayer|42|Derrell Palmer}}
* {{NFLplayer|44|Lou Rymkus}}
* {{NFLplayer|49|John Sandusky|rookie=y}}
|Fullbacks=
* {{NFLplayer|74|Tony Adamle}}
* {{NFLplayer|70|Emerson Cole|rookie=y}}
* {{NFLplayer|76|Marion Motley}}
|Reserves=
|Head Coach=
* [[Paul Brown]]
|Assistants=
* [[Blanton Collier]] (Backfield)
* [[Weeb Ewbank]] (Tackles)
* [[Tim Temerario]] (Ends)
* [[Fritz Heisler]] (Guards)
}}
1950 Cleveland Browns roster

Quarterbacks 

Halfbacks

Fullbacks 

Ends

Guards 

Tackles

Centers

Head Coach 

Assistants

Rookies in italics (7)
33 Active, 0 Inactive

NFL American Conference
CHC
CLE
NYG
PHI
PIT
WAS
National Conference
BAL
CHB
DET
GB
LA
NYY
SF

See also

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Template:NFL roster